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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVG44

1980-06-02 COLUSA, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4017D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-8

Year of manufacture

2004

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20050119

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4B3A9

Registrant of record

HENDRICKSON RYAN H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4017D AERO COMDR 600S2R Minor

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

AERO COMDR 600S2R · N4017D

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

KELLOGG

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000T34-001

Total time

480 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

18,100

Age

41

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1473. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1473.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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